In Belarus collected millions of dollars in support of the detained during the protests

In Belarus collected millions of dollars in support of the detained during the protests

KIEV. August 12. UNN. In Belarus collected millions of dollars in support of the repressed in protests after voting in the elections. Reported, reports UNN.

“About a million dollars made up the sum of donations in support of the repressed during the protests in Belarus, our correspondent in Minsk. The fundraising initiative started BY the Help a few weeks ago, then it was assumed that the money was supposed to go to pay fines for those detained during street protests. That collected a million, wrote on his page in Facebook the coordinator of the initiative Alexey Leonchik”, — stated in the message.

As reported UNN, the mass protests started in Belarus on Sunday evening, August 9, after the results of the national exit poll, which awarded victory to incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko. So, in the evening of August 9 in the capital, Minsk, clashes of protesters with Riot police. The main streets were blocked. Witnesses reported police using stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the protesters. Know about the wounded and detainees.

In the night from 10 to 11 August the protests continued. On the street Pritytskogo in Minsk explosion, which killed one of the protesters.

It was reported that protesters used “Molotov cocktails” and began to erect barricades.

Meanwhile, the Belarusians to take to the streets in the network even had a common strategy of protest. Note that in connection with the protests in Minsk were closed down seven metro stations.